Horse-detacher.



J. TOKARYK.

HORSE DETACHER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN- 5, I918.

1,25,5669 Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

FIG. I FIG. 2.

hil I will IIJI' I IIHI JOHN TOKABYK, OF MOND MIN E, ONTARIO, CANADA.

HORSE-DETACHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Application filed January 5, 1918. Serial No. 210,562.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN TOKARYK, a subject of the Emperor of Austria,residing at Mond Mine, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion ofCanada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHorse-Detachers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inhorse-detachers.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a hitchingmember for horses adapted for arrangement in a stable or similar placewhereby the horse may be automatically unhitched in the event of a firein the building.

A further object of the device is to provide a horse hitching meansadapted for automatic unhitching in the event of any unusual movement ofthe horses head such as thatoccasioned by great fright from any causesuch as a fire.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an automaticunhitching device for horses that is easy and inexpensive .tomanufacture but which possesses great strength and durability and isadapted for freeing the animal in the case of fire for preventing itfrom being consumed.

In the drawing forming a part of this application and in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device positioned in its operativearrangement.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, and

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken upon line 1IIIII of Fig. 2.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, a bracket 10 is provided ofT-shaped formation having a base plate 11 adapted to be fixedly securedto a mount such as a post or partition 12 by means of bolts 13 andarranged with a horizontally positioned projecting arm 14.

A cam 15 arranged with a substantially cylindrical head 16 at itsopposite end is provided for suspension through a central slot 18 of thesaid arm 14. A leaf spring 19 is secured as at 20 to the upper end ofthe plate 11 and passes through an enlargement 21 of the slot 18adjacent the base'plate 11. This spring 19 is bowed outwardly within theslot 21 in engagement with the adjacent inner face of the cam 15,maintaining the said cam within the slot 18 with its head 16 overlyingthe forward portion of the arm 14, it being understood that the saidhead laterally projects from the body of the cam 15.

The free end portion 22 of the spring 19 is upturned with anintermediate curved portion 23 slidably positioned on the plate 11 at apoint beneath the arm 11- while opposite overlying lugs 2% are carriedby the plate 11 adjacent the lower end thereof. A chain 25 or otherattaching means is secured to the cam 15.

From this detailed description of the invention it will be understoodthat with the bridle of the horse secured to the cam 15, a sudden pullexerted upon the chain 25 by the tossing of the horses head or an eX-treme pull rearwardly will forcibly withdraw the head 16 of the cam 15through the slot 18 against the action of the spring 19, thereby freeingthe animal and permitting him to escape from the burning building. Thestrength of the spring 19 will be sufficient to hold the cam 15 attachedto the arm 14 under all ordinary strains incident to the hitching of ahorse to the said cam and only an excessive pull upon the cam 15 willremove the same. It will be also seen that on account of the cylindricalshape of the cam head 16 that a. downward pull will be less effective inwithdrawing the cam from the slot 18 than an upwardly and rearwardlyinclined movement such as that exerted when the horse suddenly jerks hishead upwar lly as this movement will exert a leverage impulse upon thespring 19 with the head 16 rotating a partial revolution and the outerend of the slot 18 which engages the cam serving as a fulcrum. A strongand efficient hitching device is pro vided which will automaticallyoperate to release the animal in the case of such an emergency as hereincontemplated.

Vhat I claim as new is 1. A device of the class described comprising aT-shaped bracket having an attaching base and a projecting arm arrangedwith a slot therein, a cam normally positioned within the said slot andresilient retaining member for the cam carried by the plate.

2. A hitching device comprising a T- shaped bracket having a mountingplate and an outwardly projecting arm adapted for horizontal positioningwhen the device is operatively arranged provided with a slot thereinwith an enlargement adjacent the said plate, a cam removably arrangedWithin said slot having a laterally projecting cylindrical head normallyseated upon the said arm, a positioning spring arranged within the saidenlargement of the slot normally contacting the cam adj acentethe headthereof and means carried by the cam at the end thereof opposite itshead adapted for attachment with an animal.

3. An attaching device comprising a mounting plate, an outwardlyprojecting arm carried by the plate having a slot therein arranged withan enlargement adjacent the plate, a cylindrically headed cam dependingwithin said slot, an animal attaching ring at the lower end of the camon the opposite side of the arm from the head of the cam and a resilientretaining member tensioned against the said cam and the outer side ofthe enlargement of said slot.

5: this patent may be obtained for 4. An attaching device comprising .amounting plate, an outwardly projecting arm carried by the plate havinga slot therein arranged with an enlargement adjacent wardly bowedportion arranged within said slot enlargement in normal contact with theouter wall of said enlargement and the said cam, the said spring furtherhaving a free end portion slidably posltioned upon the said plate adjacent its lowerend and limit ing lugs for the spring oppositely carriedby the said plate overlying the free end portion ofthe spring. p

In testimony whereofI affix my signature. JOHN TOKARYKi v Washington, D.0."

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